Culture and history
Temples, ruins, museums and living traditions.
17 destination guides
Paris
France · best Apr–Jun, Sep–OctBoulevards, bakeries and the best people-watching on earth.
London
United Kingdom · best Apr–SepFree museums, royal parks and a food scene drawn from the whole world.
Rome
Italy · best Mar–May, Sep–OctThree thousand years of history, and dinner at nine.
Barcelona
Spain · best Apr–Jun, Sep–OctGaudí, the Mediterranean and dinner after ten.
Lisbon
Portugal · best Mar–Jun, Sep–OctSeven hills, yellow trams and the sweet ache of fado.
Istanbul
Türkiye · best Apr–May, Sep–OctWhere two continents meet over tea on the Bosphorus.
Santorini
Greece · best May–Jun, Sep–OctWhitewashed villages on the rim of a sunken volcano.
Tokyo
Japan · best Mar–May, Oct–NovNeon, temples and the most precise bowl of noodles you will ever eat.
Kyoto
Japan · best Mar–Apr, Oct–NovSeventeen World Heritage sites and a thousand quiet gardens.
Bangkok
Thailand · best Nov–FebGolden temples, river ferries and the greatest street food city in the world.
Bali
Indonesia · best Apr–SepRice terraces, temple ceremonies and surf at sunset.
Jaipur
India · best Oct–MarThe Pink City: forts, palaces and bazaars in Rajasthan's royal capital.
New York City
United States · best Apr–Jun, Sep–OctFive boroughs, eight million people and a pizza slice on every block.
Mexico City
Mexico · best Oct–AprAztec ruins, leafy colonias and tacos at every hour.
Cusco and Machu Picchu
Peru · best Apr–SepThe Inca capital and the citadel in the clouds.
Buenos Aires
Argentina · best Mar–May, Sep–NovTango, steak and grand cafés that stay open until dawn.
Marrakech
Morocco · best Mar–May, Oct–NovSouks, riads and the Atlas Mountains on the horizon.